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What Is It to Do God’s work?

29th, October 2025

This morning I hold the story of The Prodigal Son before us and ask, what is it to do God’s work? Spiritually, we would probably...

Learning at the Bottom

14th, October 2025

When life bottoms out, I see the quiet school of the soul open. I ask with you, what do we learn at the bottom? Where...

After the Fire: Opening Our Hearts Again

12th, October 2025

After the fire, we will all sit for a time in the ashes. But with God’s help, we stand again and find a miracle …...

Letting the Past Go

26th, September 2025

I greet you this morning as we sit with a tender truth: Letting the past go. I name the grief and the gratitude. We honor...

A Simple Truth: We Must Forgive

23rd, September 2025

This morning I return with you to one of the bedrock truths of our faith, forgiveness. At times we drift and need to be re-grounded...

Writing A Better Story: The Power of Redemption

7th, September 2025

God grants each of us a simple and profound freedom … the freedom to choose the story we live by. What story are you telling...

Rupture and Repair

5th, August 2025

This morning I’m reflecting on one of life’s harder truths: some people simply won’t like us, no matter what we do. In those moments we...

Finding a Moment of Grace

23rd, July 2025

There are many ways to think of the idea around “a moment of grace”. Is a moment of grace a time of forgiveness and mercy?...

What is Central?

13th, June 2025

When life feels stormy, the question isn’t “how do I avoid this?” It’s “what do I make central?” In this message, I share how the...

The Bookbag is Full

22nd, May 2025

This morning, I invite you to consider what you’re carrying, and how it might be shaping your view of life. Using the image of a...

When We Struggle

21st, May 2025

Today we wrestle with the deeply unsettling story of Abraham and Isaac, not as a literal command from God, but as a sacred parable about...

Where Forgiveness Begins

14th, May 2025

This morning, we explore where forgiveness truly begins, and how heaven gives us a clue. Drawing from Secrets of Heaven, we reflect on Swedenborg’s insight...